True Love Never Dies

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Title: True Love Never Dies
Author(s): khaleesiofalicante on AO3 khaleesiofalicante on Tumblr
Date(s): March 1st 2022 - July 16th 2022
Length: 622,214 words
Genre(s): Family, Romance, Hurt, Human AU
Fandom(s): Shadowhunters/The Mortal Instruments
Relationship(s):
External Links: AO3

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True Love Never Dies is a The Mortal Instruments fanfiction about Alec Lightwood/Magnus Bane by khaleesiofalicante.

Content

Summary

Magnus and Alec meet at university. They fall in love.

Shit happens.

They break up.

They meet again. They fall harder. They get married. They have kids.

Shit happens.

They get divorced.

A story told through three different timelines and four different perspectives.

Welcome to the divorce au.

Timelines

This story happens in three timelines.

Timeline 01 - The Beginning - This is the College AU. This timeline moves in linear time. Alec is 25. Magnus is 20.

Timeline 02 - The Middle - I call this one the “the fucked up timeline” because it’s super messy. This timeline does not move in linear time. They are at multiple ages at different points in time. It is essentially a bunch of scenes in different points in their marriage and divorce - and shortly after.

Timeline 03 - The End - This is the Current Timeline. Alec is 45. Magnus is 40. Rafael is 20. Max is 18. The happens two years after the divorce.

The story is mainly told through the povs of Alec and Magnus. Max and Rafe povs in Timeline 02 and 03 here and there.

This fic is not written like a usual story. Every chapter consists of three scenes from three timelines. In essence, this fic is a bunch of scenes tied together by different themes - one theme per chapter.


Chapter Breakdown

The unofficial reread guide.

The numbers make it possible to read the whole story in chronological order. This order is inspired by Booksandwhatmore and - as it is not created by the author - could contain inaccuracies. Tip: Using the sorting function for each colomn of the table.

# Chapter Timeline 1: The Beginning Timeline 2: The Middle Timeline 3: The End Word count* Song rec
1 Fuck Shinyun 2 - Alec POV: Telling Izzy about Magnus + Snooping through mails 45 - Alec POV: Shinyun convincing Magnus to model for Edom 81 - Alec POV: Magnus telling him he's dating Shinyun 9232 I want you by EXO
2 Prom Is Fucking Stupid 3 - Magnus POV: Talking about Alec's family 59 - Rafael POV: Going to prom with Magnus 82 - Alec POV: Auctioning off dances 10403 Careless Whisper by George Michael
3 Fucking Fuck 4 - Magnus POV: Buying lube with Alec and making love for the first time 75 - Magnus POV: Trying to give The Talk to Max + Disneyland 83 - Alec POV: Family time playing Monopoly before Minyun date + The Hug 15456 Good in Bed by Dua Lipa
4 Jesus Fucking Christ 5 - Magnus POV: Alec going to church and talking about religion 43 - Magnus POV: Planning their wedding + deciding on the wedding location 84 - Alec POV: Shinyun' gifts to Max + Talking to Rafe about Magnus in church 9206 Let it Be by The Beatles
5 The Motherfucking Mansion 6 - Alec POV: Sharing secrets with Magnus + Kiss at Executive Mansion 72 - Magnus POV: Moving out of the mansion 85 - Rafael POV: Shinyun coming to Magnus' apartment + talking to Alec 10074 Amigdala by Kukira Kau Rumah
6 What The Fuck Is A Thomastair? 7 - Alec POV: Arguing with his dad about coming out + Maryse considering divorce 70 - Magnus POV: Finalizing the divorce + Custody agreement 86 - Magnus POV: Thinking about Shinyun and their relationship + Thomastair's wedding in London 11629 The 1 by Taylor Swift
7 Alec, Are You Fucking Drunk? 8 - Magnus POV: Alec's Princeton Hoodie + Alec returning drunk from family 74 - Alec POV: Waging war after divorce + divorce party 87 - Alec POV: Second anniversairy of the divorce with Jace & Clary's family 9344 Why Do You Only Call Me When You're High by Arctic Monkeys
8 I'm Not Gonna Jerk Off In Capitol Fucking Hill 9 - Alec POV: Being at the Capitol as an openly gay man + passing bill 58 - Alec POV: Magnus on the Edom cover + attempt to sleep with Magnus 88 - Alec POV: Instagram, Twitter and Grindr 10332 Make Me Feel by Janelle Monáe
9 @zaradearbornofficial Kindly Fuck Off 10 - Magnus POV: Alec being scared of spiders + meeting Zara in the pharmacy 55 - Alec POV: Leak: Asmodeus is Magnus' father + facetiming Magnus after photoshoot 89 - Alec POV: Shinyun gifting Max a tarantula + Zara attacking Max + Magnus being badass 12049 Movements by Pham feat. Yung Fusion
10 Happy Fucking Pride 11 - Magnus POV: Meeting Lily Chen + going to a queer party without Alec 53 - Alec POV: Speech at the pride parade 90 - Rafael POV: Official pride party + conversation with Max after catching him smoking weed 6114 Brave by Sara Bareilles
11 Are You Fucking Asking Me to Send You Nudes? 12 - Magnus POV: Taking nudes 57 - Alec POV: Hodge leaking Magnus' nudes 91 - Alec POV: Selena's nudes being leaked + Malec's almost kiss 13028 Cyber sex by Doja Cat
12 If I Have To Do One More Fucking Interview 13 - Magnus POV: Interview with Maia about future + Alec hits her ex-boyfriend 39 - Magnus POV: Rafe saying he loves him + Autocomplete Interview of Malec 92 - Rafael POV: Mean tweet interview of Rafe and Max 9819 Me Too by Megan Trainor
13 Hey Asmodeus! Go Fuck Yourself! 14 - Magnus POV: Alec meets Shinyun + Going to London to see Asmodeus 49 - Alec POV: Max's swearing deal + Asmodeus confronting Alec and Max 93 - Magnus POV: Thinking about Alec, Asmodeus + planning photoshoot with Shinyun 17825 Skydive by Westside Boogie
14 Love Is Such Fucking Bullshit 15 - Alec POV: Magnus returning from London + talking about Magnus's mom + "I love you" 69 - Alec POV: Divorce papers with Thomas + sandalwood & flowers 94 - Max POV: Max taking the blame after David punches guy + Mavid start sleeping together 20112 I love you by Billie Eilish
15 It's Just A Dumb Fucking Stereotype 16 - Magnus POV: Nasi goreng + Raphael and Alec talking about new driving license bill 46 - Rafael POV: Magnus' bisexuality + Max being violent + Malec fighting 95 - Alec POV: Ben + Call with Magnus + Talking to Max about violence & media 13434 Version of me by Sasha Sloan
16 Jace Fucking Herondale 17 - Alec POV: Magnus meeting Jace + Alec coming out to Jace 73 - Magnus POV: Unpacking + Jace coming to talk to Magnus after the divorce 96 - Magnus POV: Mavid + Conversation with Jace about Alec and Ben 10727 Back in Black by AC/DC
17 Child Of Fucking Divorce 18 - Alec POV: Christmas - Magnus meeting Alec's parents + Robert's investigation 65 - Rafael POV: Alec after Magnus asked him for a divorce + Max reaction 97 - Max POV: David reading smut + call with Gabriel + keeping it a secret + Max not wanting to be in a relationship 15185 When You Love Someone by James TW
18 I Told You I'm Fucking Sorry 19 - Alec POV: Apologies + Going back to the Christmas feast 51 - Magnus POV: Election day and visiting Shinyun 98 - Rafael POV: Telling Alec about the photoshoot + Anjali talking about responsibility 14111 Sorry by Halsey
19 Put Down The Fucking Gun 20 - Magnus POV: Going to cabin + shooting range, telling Alec about killing his stepfather 47 - Alec POV: Max finds the gun + Malec fighting 99 - Alec POV: Hodge apologizing + Max almost shooting him + weed 12856 Hayloft II by Mother Mother
20 Happy Fucking Birthday To Me 21 - Magnus POV: Alec inviting Ragnor for Magnus + Ragnor giving Alec the shovel talk 37 - Magnus POV: Elyaas + Malec fanfiction 100 - Max POV: David's birthday + going to the MET 15979 Quelqu'un m'a dit by Carla Bruni
21 Fuck Depression 22 - Magnus POV: New prescription for depression + meeting Catarina in support group 60 - Magnus POV: Luca's fish tank + Magnus getting sexually assaulted during a photoshoot 101 - Magnus POV: 2D Alec + depression support group + Edom photoshoot 13740 Laughing on the outside by Bernadette Carrol
22 Older Brothers Are Fucking Annoying 23 - Alec POV: Talking to his mother, Izzy and Jace about Clary, Simon and the divorce 62 - Rafael POV: Leak of Magnus' killing his stepfather + Magnus talks about divorcing Alec 102 - Max POV:Going to church to see David + Family dinner + fight with Rafael + David 16182 Surface Pressure by Jessica Darrow from Encanto
23 Fuck Yeah, Brooklyn! 24 - Alec POV: Talking to his father + asking Magnus to stay in the US + florist + coloring children's faces 61 - Magnus POV: Not wanting another child (Brooklyn) 103 - Magnus POV: Watching videos + Shinyun learning she is infertile 10708 Always by Ashe
24 I Got You. I Fucking Got You. 25 - Alec POV: Alec learning about Magnus' depression 67 - Rafael POV: Magnus attempting to commit suicide 104 - Max POV: Seminar on gun violence + David reached out to his mother + talking about (fictional) crushes + truth striptease 14891 Lean on Me by Bill Withers
25 The Beginning Of The Fucking End 26 - Alec POV: Alec trying to learn how to deal with Magnus' depression + talking to Clary + Magnus' letter 63 - Magnus POV: Asking Alec for a divorce 105 - Alec POV: Pictures of the Minyun photoshoot + Minyun at fertility hospital + Voicemail 11724 Love is Not Enough by Ashe
26 I Don't Fucking Have Daddy Issues! 27 - Magnus POV: Letter to Shinyun + Malec fighting about Clary, Valentine, and fathers 76 - Magnus POV: Escalation with Max 106 - Alec POV: Alcohol poisoning + Talking to Magnus about voicemail + Fight with Rafael 18250 Happier than Ever by Billie Eilish
27 You Worry Too Fucking Much 28 - Alec POV: Talking about scholarship/Edom + Alec trying to fix it + writing with Camille 71 - Rafael POV: Alec's ask during the custody agreements 107 - Magnus POV: Snooping + confrontation with Rafael + Rafael running away 10878 All For Us by Labrinth ft Zendaya
28 To Be Loved By Magnus Fucking Bane 29 - Magnus POV: Seeing Catarina + call with Shinyun about scholarship + running from Camille 56 - Alec POV: Magnus' exes 108 - Magnus POV: Malec talking about Alec's ask + Luca + replacing Alec + Minyun date 11042 Loving' You by Minne Riperton
29 This Is A Clusterfuck 30 - Alec POV: Meeting Camille + writing mail + deciding not to send it 66 - Alec POV: Leak of Magnus' mom 109 - Alec POV: Talk with Izzy about Magnus + Witnessing Minyun kiss + Mavid + Fight with Max 15390 Take Me Down Easy by James Henry Jr.
30 A Fucking Breakup 31 - Magnus POV: Magnus breaking up with Alec + Alec learning about Asmodeus 77 - Alec POV: Getting drunk with Ben + Jace's retirement party + the last kiss 110 - Max POV: Talking to Alec about David and love + confrontation with Clary and Jace & David + talking to Magnus about David, love and the divorce 15839 I can't go on without you by KALEO
31 What The Fuck Is Wrong With French People? 32 - Alec POV: Last conversation with Magnus + Camille + getting arrested + talking to Robert, Jace & Izzy 48 - Alec POV: Finding David in Paris 111 - Alec POV: Conversation with Clary about Mavid and Jace + talking to David about Max 12950 Petit à petit by Arcadian
32 I Fucking Missed This 33 - Magnus POV: Modeling after break-up and reunion with Alec 79 - Magnus POV: Dating after Alec + Walking in on Rafe + Calling Alec (Rafe, word origins) 112 - Magnus POV: Anxiety about videos + calling Alec + getting Rafael back with Anjali (Ben) 13390 Is it just my by Emily Burns & JP Cooper
33 Keep Fucking Fighting 34 - Magnus POV: Buying the apartment + Getting Chairman + Finding Max 50 - Magnus POV: Malec photoshoot + pet names + Sex in Governor's mansion 113 - Alec POV: Family meeting + Talk with Luca about family + Borrowing Chairman 19953 Stand by you by Rachel Platten
34 Max Lightwood-Fucking-Bane 36 - Magnus POV: Ragnor returns + Overwhelmed by baby Max + Talking to Alec about Max 78 - Max POV: David's text messages + Max's POV Retirement Party 114 - Max POV: Max's therapy session + airport scene 20612 Precious Love by James Morrison
35 Rafael Lightwood-Fucking-Bane 38 - Alec POV: Welcoming Rafael to the family 54 - Rafael POV: Going on his first date with Anjali 115 - Rafael POV: Reconciliates with Max, Anjali, Alec + Alec cries over Minyun 20687 I'll be there by Hadley Hanson
36 Therapy is Fucking Exhausting 40 - Alec POV: Aftermath of the death of Alec's father 64 - Magnus POV: Malec going to couples therapy 116 - Alec POV: Parenting therapy with Jem + Family ice cream 18754 Work by Charlotte Day Wilson
37 He Ate The Fucking Raisins! 41 - Magnus POV: Alec's photoshoot 80 - Alec POV: Max's 18th birthday party 117 - Magnus POV: Max announcing he's moving to London + Magnus' realization + Accident 16728 Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai by Roopkumar Rathod
38 Where Is The Fucking Wedding Ring? 42 - Magnus POV: Max doing homework + Proposal 44 - Magnus POV: Malec wedding 118 - Alec POV: Magnus is in the hospital + Conversation with Shinyun + Wedding ring 15297 Delaney Bailey - J's lullaby
39 Goodbyes are fucking hard 52 - Magnus POV: Moving to the executive mansion 68 - Alec POV: Alec after Magnus' suicide attempt + Magnus' letter 119 - Alec POV: Last in-person family therapy + raisin muffin + saying goodbye to Max 15052 Everything I Wanted by Billie Eilish
40 It’s a fucking date 1 - Magnus POV: Malec meeting for the first time 35 - Alec POV: Reunion after break-up 120 - Magnus POV: Helping Rafe move out + Last Luca + Getting back together 19148 Can't Help Falling in Love by Kina Grannis
41 Epilogue: Don't Say Fuck Magnus & Alec POV: Epilogue - - 15303 This Love by Taylor Swift (Taylor's Version)

*The word count does only include the chapter, not the summary or the author's notes.

Timelines

Made by: Booksandwhatmore Tumblr

=> Chapter.Timeline

  • 40.1 - First meeting
  • 1.1 to 33.1
  • 40.2 - Malec gets back together, same day as the last bit of chapter 33, Alec's pov
  • 34.1 - They find Max
  • 20.2 - Max is almost 4, they meet Elyaas, alec is in Buenos Aires
  • 35.1 - Rafael just arrived, he's 5
  • 12.2 - Two months after they find Rafa, twins are newborns
  • 36.1 - Rafa is 7-ish
  • 37.1 - Max is 6-ish
  • 38.1 - Proposal
  • 4.2 - Max is 7, before wedding
  • 38.2 - Wedding
  • 1.2 - Alec is a senator, Rafa is 9-ish, after wedding
  • 15.2 - Rafa is 11-ish, they go to Mexico
  • 19.2 - Rafa is 11, Max is 9
  • 31.2 - 2 years before election, twins are 7, after wedding, they meet David who is 10 (so is Max)
  • 13.2 - Rafa is 12, they just got David, Max meets a dying Asmodeus
  • 33.2 - 1 month before 1st election, Max is 12 (Rafa is 14)
  • 18.2 - 1st election
  • 39.1 - They're about to move to the executive mansion, kids are 14 and 12, Alec is 40-ish, January, before the first date with Anjali
  • 10.2 - 4 months after 1st election, Max is 12-ish
  • 35.2 - Some months after 1st election, Rafa is 14
  • 9.2 - Some months after 1st election, people find out aboutt Asmodeus
  • 28.2 - some months after 1st election
  • 11.2 - Leaks
  • 8.2 - Rafa is 15, after the leaks, after Asmodeus
  • 2.2 - Rafa is 16, junior prom
  • 21.2 - 13 years after they find Max (he's 15-ish?), after the leaks, Joshua, they discuss Brooklyn
  • 23.2 - Magnus decides not to have Brooklyn, 1 month before the africa trip
  • 22.2 - Before 2nd election, Rafa and Anjali decide to go to Stanford, 4 years after the 1st election, after Joshua, Max is in Africa, public discovers Magnus killed his Stepdad, Rafa slaps Max, Magnus tells Rafa about the divorce
  • 25.2 - Magnus ask Alec for a divorce
  • 36.2 - One week after Magnus asks for a divorce, therapy
  • 17.2 - Alec tells the kids about the divorce, 1 month after Rafa hits Max
  • 29.2 - 2 weeks before 2nd election, months after public discovers Magnus killed his stepdad, Magnus' mum, Alec gets the letter
  • 24.2 - Alec wins the 2nd election, Rafa and Anjali stay back in ny, after Rafa hits Max (he's almost 16), Alec files for divorce
  • 39.2 - Last bit of chapter 24, Alec's POV
  • 14.2 - Before the custody, Magnus is sleeping in a different bedroom
  • 6.2 - Custody, 1 week before divorce is finished, 1 week before Rafa's 18
  • 27.2 - Last bit of chapter 36 from Rafa's pov
  • 5.2 - Moving out
  • 16.2 - Unboxing
  • 7.2 - Come weeks after the divorce finished, party
  • 3.2 - 3 months after the divorce is finished, Disney
  • 26.2 - After Disney, 1 month before Jace's retirement party, Max is arrested and tries to get emancipated
  • 30.2 - Months after Disney, after Magnus and Max reconcile, retirement party from Alec's POV
  • 34.2 - After divorce party, after arrest, retirement party from Max's POV
  • 32.2 - 1 year after the divorce, David is about to leave for Cambridge
  • 37.2 - After retirement party, David has left, Christmas, Max turns 18
  • 1.3 to 40.3 - Timeline 3 in its entirety
  • 41 - Epilogue